Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, who resigned from her post this week, at a press conference with the mayor and governor in December.
Welcome to “What Happened in NYC Housing This Week?” where we compile the latest local news about housing, land use and homelessness. Know of a story we should include in next week’s roundup? Email us.
ICYMI, from City Limits:
- First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, who oversees the city’s housing and economic development work and was key in passing the mayor’s City of Yes plan, resigned alongside three other top City Hall officials amid the fallout over Eric Adams’ dealings with the Trump administration.
- Tenants at NYCHA’s Riis Houses in the East Village are being asked to vote on whether they want to shift to private management in an effort to fund repairs.
- Councilmember Sandy Nurse introduced a bill that aims to simplify the city’s supportive housing application, saying it’s too complicated and time-consuming to complete—making it harder for homeless New Yorkers in need to access the units.
- Delayed contract payments are jeopardizing the city’s nonprofits, including its public defenders, writes Juval O. Scott and Babatunde Aremu of The Bronx Defenders.
- Councilmember Keith Powers, who is running for Manhattan Borough President, wants to create neighborhood report cards measuring quality-of-life issues.
ICYMI, from other local newsrooms:
- It can take more than a year for New Yorkers to get resolution through the city’s understaffed small claims courts, including renters trying to get their security deposits back, Gothamist reported.
- The city’s Department of Investigation found that mayoral advisor Timothy Pearson committed misconduct when he attacked two security guards at a migrant shelter during a 2023 dispute over access to the site, according to The City.
- Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine came out in favor of the One45 project in Harlem, which would build 1,000 apartments at 145th Street and Lenox Avenue, the Daily News reported.
- Brooklyn Community Board 15 opposed a new housing development in Sheepshead Bay over parking, according to Streetsblog.
- Here’s how one couple snagged an apartment through the city’s housing lotteries (after applying for more than 100), via Brick Underground.
- A landlord group that illegally hiked rents at regulated units in Manhattan must return those apartments to rent stabilization, the attorney general ruled, according to Pix 11.
To reach the editor, contact Jeanmarie@citylimits.org
The post What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 21, 2025 appeared first on City Limits.
Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
The post What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 21, 2025 appeared first on City Limits.
Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, who resigned from her post this week, at a press conference with the mayor and governor in December.
Welcome to “What Happened in NYC Housing This Week?” where we compile the latest local news about housing, land use and homelessness. Know of a story we should include in next week’s roundup? Email us.
ICYMI, from City Limits:
- First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, who oversees the city’s housing and economic development work and was key in passing the mayor’s City of Yes plan, resigned alongside three other top City Hall officials amid the fallout over Eric Adams’ dealings with the Trump administration.
- Tenants at NYCHA’s Riis Houses in the East Village are being asked to vote on whether they want to shift to private management in an effort to fund repairs.
- Councilmember Sandy Nurse introduced a bill that aims to simplify the city’s supportive housing application, saying it’s too complicated and time-consuming to complete—making it harder for homeless New Yorkers in need to access the units.
- Delayed contract payments are jeopardizing the city’s nonprofits, including its public defenders, writes Juval O. Scott and Babatunde Aremu of The Bronx Defenders.
- Councilmember Keith Powers, who is running for Manhattan Borough President, wants to create neighborhood report cards measuring quality-of-life issues.
ICYMI, from other local newsrooms:
- It can take more than a year for New Yorkers to get resolution through the city’s understaffed small claims courts, including renters trying to get their security deposits back, Gothamist reported.
- The city’s Department of Investigation found that mayoral advisor Timothy Pearson committed misconduct when he attacked two security guards at a migrant shelter during a 2023 dispute over access to the site, according to The City.
- Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine came out in favor of the One45 project in Harlem, which would build 1,000 apartments at 145th Street and Lenox Avenue, the Daily News reported.
- Brooklyn Community Board 15 opposed a new housing development in Sheepshead Bay over parking, according to Streetsblog.
- Here’s how one couple snagged an apartment through the city’s housing lotteries (after applying for more than 100), via Brick Underground.
- A landlord group that illegally hiked rents at regulated units in Manhattan must return those apartments to rent stabilization, the attorney general ruled, according to Pix 11.
To reach the editor, contact Jeanmarie@citylimits.org
The post What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 21, 2025 appeared first on City Limits.